Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk continues to throw light on what he claims are examples of the left attacking him. On Tuesday, Musk charged San Francisco Mayor London Breed (D) with harassment after the city opened an investigation into the company’s headquarters.
According to KQED Supervising Senior Editor Ted Goldberg, the investigation follows reports the tech company converted several office rooms into sleeping or resting areas for employees.
In a comment to KQED, San Francisco authorities said they had contacted Twitter to schedule a “site inspection” to ensure the Twitter facility is being “used as intended.”
According to a report by Fox News, Musk responded to Goldberg’s tweet about the story by tagging Breed and linking to a San Francisco Chronicle article profiling the city’s fentanyl problem and the recent overdose of a baby playing on a city playground.
Musk mocked Breed’s priorities: “So city of SF attacks companies providing beds for tired employees instead of making sure kids are safe from fentanyl. Where are your priorities @LondonBreed!?”
A number of prominent Twitter users joined Musk in rebuking San Francisco’s mayor for opening the investigation. Some suggested Musk move his facility from California to a friendlier region.
Quoting David Radcliffe, Google’s vice president of real estate and workplace services, reporter Tatjana Pasalic wrote that no workplace is complete without a “nap pod.”
Noting apparent bias, Pasalic added a note laced with sarcasm: “Looks like we need cops to investigate more than just Elon. Workers’ rights must not be violated.”
Pasalic also linked to a Yahoo News article titled, “You can nap on the job at these 10 companies.” The article included several high-profile companies, including Uber and Nike.
Nearby Redwood City Mayor Giselle Hale shared: “People who have worked in tech for years are reading this thinking, ‘ Wait, sleeping in your office isn’t allowed?”
On Monday, Cyrus Farivar and Katharine Schwab of Forbes broke the news that Twitter’s Bay Area headquarters was being outfitted with rest/sleeping areas. Criticizing the move, Farivar and Schwab’s report read:
“Elon Musk’s ‘extremely hardcore’ vision for Twitter seems to have manifested itself in sad little conference-room sleeping quarters at the company’s recently depopulated headquarters.”
Farivar and Schwab’s report noted that the rest/sleeping areas allegedly feature “unmade mattresses,” “drab curtains” and large conference-room monitors. The report’s authors refused to name their sources for the story for “fear of reprisal.”
San Francisco announced their intent to open an investigation the day after the article was published.
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